Новости за 07.04.2017

Buzz Aldrin, who became the second man to walk on the moon in 1969, once again made history last weekend. The world-famous octogenarian flew with the Thunderbirds at the Melbourne Air & Space Show in Melbourne, Florida, on Sunday (April 2.)

If you ever wanted to travel with moonwalker Buzz Aldrin to a Mars colony, you'll soon have the chance to do so in virtual reality.

20,000 classrooms across the United States and Canada are growing tomatoes from the seeds that have traveled to Space and those that have stayed on the ground. They will not know where the seeds they used came from until the end of the study.

At age 87, the second person to walk on the moon is still breaking records. Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin joined the USAF Thunderbirds on Sunday (April 2) as the oldest participant in a flight.

The biggest astronomy event of the year has to be the Great American Total Solar Eclipse on Aug. 21, 2017 — the first total solar eclipse to cross the continental United States coast to coast in nearly 100 years. Here's how to catch a glimpse.

A ~2000-foot (~650 m) asteroid named 2014 JO25 will fly by Earth on April 19, 2017. It will pass at a safe distance of ~1.1 million miles (1.8 million km).

New Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations of the Orion Nebula complex has revealed a stunning view of a stellar explosion.

On the evening of April 7-8, 2017, the gas giant will be at opposition with Earth and appear very bright in the night sky. It’s alright if you have cloudy skies because the Jupiter show continues all month

Coding skills are becoming more useful than ever in today's professional landscape, but learning how to program can often feel like a daunting task. But the Learn to Code 2017 Bundle has you covered.

Jeff Bezos' private spaceflight company Blue Origin is working on a cargo delivery surface to the moon, using technology similar to what's found in its New Shepard rocket.

An off-Earth economy cannot truly take off unless moon miners and other pioneering entrepreneurs are able to operate in a safe and stable environment, and it will likely fall to the US Air Force to provide that environment, an Air Force official said.

Jupiter has taken over from Venus as the monarch of the night sky.

In late April, skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere will get a view of the Lyrid meteor shower, the dusty trail of a comet with a centuries-long orbit around the sun.

Tonight (April 7), Jupiter will be at its closest point to Earth for all of 2017, creating a spectacular view for both skywatchers and the Hubble Space Telescope, which will take full advantage of the proximity to scope out the gas giant.

The Hubble Space Telescope captured new views of Jupiter in the days leading up to opposition (April 7, 2017). NASA scientist Dr. Amy Simon explains what we can learn about the gas giant from the new looks.